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Tietgen Dormitory / An imaginary journey around a real building

Tietgen Dormitory is a unique celebration of a unique project. Through numerous specially prepared drawings and photographs and two short but evocative essays, it invites the reader to take an imaginative journey around the building and through the long and fascinating history of circular structures in world architecture – from vernacular dwellings to prefabricated houses, theatres to sports stadia, churches to ideal town plans.

Richard Weston - Utzon

... a gorgeous, intimate monograph that overflows with images, anecdotes, ... and Weston writes unashamedly out of love for Utzon’s architecture, and the author’s enthusiasm for it is infectious.
Diana Lind, Architectural Record

Jørn Utzon Logbook Vol. V: Additive Architecture

Jørn Utzon Logbook vol. IV: Kuwait National Assembly - prefab

The fourth logbook, which appeared in 2008 with Børge Nissen as co-editor, is written in English and bears the title of KUWAIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY – prefab.
It is a project which, in its monumental scale and its national symbolical significance, can be compared with the corresponding projects by Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn in Chandigarh and Dacca respectively.

Jørn Utzon Logbook Vol. III: Two Houses On Majorca

The third logbook appeared in 2004, is about Utzon’s own houses on Majorca, Can Lis and Can Feliz.
For Utzon, as for any other architect, his own house claims a special status. This is where the architect has time to explore, to carry out experiments on a one-to-one basis, make mistakes – and correct them.

Jørn Utzon Logbook, Volume II: Bagsværd Church

The second logbook is about the church in Bagsværd. In its graphic presentation, this book stands as the most pleasing in the series. Th first part consists of six so-called suites of photos and drawings, while the second part of the book is devoted to interviews, descriptions and analyses.

Jørn Utzon Logbook, Vol. I:The Courtyard Houses

John Pardey: Wilhelm Wohlert - Louisiana and Beyond

This monograph on the Danish architect Vilhelm Wohlert, perhaps best known for Louisiana Art Gallery outside Copenhagen, does not only describe this building but also looks at other work both in Denmark and abroad.